#I'm sorry Jongup

[everythingbap]

📲 Jongup BBBLE updates:

[19:18 PM KST] 어뿌 (Uppu): [photo]

어뿌: I arrived in Japan safely!!

어뿌: How have you been??

어뿌: I was trying to send a picture of beef soup noodles at the Taiwan airport earlier, but my phone turned off ㅠ

[19:52 PM KST] 어뿌: If you want a picture of beef noodles like that, I have no choice but to give it to you!

어뿌: [photo]

[21:50 PM KST] 어뿌: [photo]

어뿌: I just met my Team 24 friends and ate soba! Haha

어뿌: Do you want me to tell you something funny??

[22:47 PM KST] 어뿌: Ah LOL You were trapped. I'm sorry, sorry!

어뿌: Byungjoo hyung put it in soybean paste a while ago when it was soaked in soba sauce! Hahaha

어뿌: Do you want me to tell you a tmi because I'm late?

어뿌: I'm sharing a room with Kim Sungjoong today!🙄

(Translation by mjupbbl_)

[lunetual]

hello Meg! not sure if you’re still doing the bias evaluations but I couldn’t narrow it down to just 3 > < but my top are Jongup, Hyojin (ONF), Lim Jimin (Just B), Han Seungwoo, Woodz and Y from Golden Child. and I would love a Meg guy in my diagnosis!

(also you can just call me Nana here on tumblr 💖)

omg hehe hi nana <3 all ask games are always open to the besties and mutuals !! ok ok omg let me think for a second. i'm not super familiar w o.nf or golcha beyond their music, which i do like a lot so. lemme do a quick google real quick LOL.

ok im back. i think like. generally. u like leader personalities. even if they aren't formally the leader of their respective groups, they're people that others naturally look to for guidance. like not even in professional settings necessarily just. like idk i'd ask seungwoo for advice any day!! they're all people i'd trust in a crisis honestly LOL but also day to day they're just people u can count on. and u have some of my favorite vocal tones in there too <3

i'm going to hand u!!! one of my pixel guys LOL. im sorry i know it's a little out of left field but like. they're just guys with avatars but i'm handing you the plave leader yejun, who was the first trainee revealed and has a lovely singing voice and is so good to his members and so brave and good at navigating an.... admittedly Different idol situation than the norm. i like him a lot please take good care of him!!

[sanstropfremir]

okay okay sorry if I'm being annoying but I saw your posts on the peak time tag and I KNEW I met my people like I CANNOT GET OVER IT??? Like the ts reunion we never asked for? the kpop generations? all the flop connections making their rounds - is this like a holy revival ground or smth 💀 oh jtbc I will PAY for you to release the backstage talks

The ts shit is truly blowing my mind - truly tho. Bc like you're telling me a group covered no mercy, jongup auditioned, AND taeseon + the other 4 trcng members also auditioned ??? Unreal (also bjoo u will always be famous!!!!)

hahaha welcome!! peak time really is the show specially engineered for flop stans bc the amount and variety of groups they pulled is so crazy, it's def so many things that i've wanted from a survival show so far.

same about the ts shit, like honestly last year i didn't think i was gonna be seeing trcng members at ALL anytime soon but the fact that four of them redebuted and then they showed up on peak time and then TAESEON showed up on peak time like!!!!!!!!!! jtbc for the love of all things i NEED to know what happened backstage. you have to tell us i need to know if there was a showdown i am begging. and the fact that we were 🤏 thisssssss fucking close to bap reunion too like????? that would have been insane. ntx's reaction to jongup showing up tho made me fucking lose it like rawhyun was ready to blow himself up in that moment like they JUST told the judges that he rearranged no mercy himself and then a member of bap appears out of nowhere?? i forgive jtbc for the blatant drama of that move bc it was sooooooo fucking funny

[jongside]

hi fanny <3 for the ult bias......jongup and limji please 💖

Trying sooo hard to stay soft but big FAIL. I'm not sorry nana

Tell me who your bias is (can be multiple), and I'll go and find a photo of them that I really like

[brigidandair]

Album - B.A.P Volume 1: "First Sensibility"

Taiwan Limited Edition Mini Poster - Jongup

This is a scan of the mini poster from the Taiwan Limited Edition of First Sensibility. I'm so torn on the Taiwan ver., since the box is a lot less sturdy (though it looks outwardly the same) than the Korean version, but I adore these mini posters. I've never been able to find one of these mini posters for sale on its own, so it's likely that you'll have to try to find a still sealed copy of FS to get one. Jongup is the one I pulled, obviously, and it's been so frustrating to never be able to make any progress on this set. ;;

Also, I'm sorry about the quality of this scan! The mini poster is about twice the size of my scanner, so this was done in two scans where I had no option to angle it to fix some of the striping issues, and then I stitched it together. So you can see where it changes between the top and bottom of the image, and he striping (especially on Jongup's face) is kinda eugh.

scanned by me. please give credit to brigidandair or Jasmyr if you use them!

[courage-love-wisdom]

Happy Birthday  💚 💚

[byzeloforzelo]

8 YEARS WITH B.A.P Then and Now, Wherever you go , whatever you do I'll be here to hold you ; you can count on me like I can count on you.

[mintoyume]

i got jongup’s album today!!! i love the whole photobook and i wish i had a cd player so i could just pop the cd in and listen to it forever

[daezzlings]

Could PSY adopt B.A.P and 2NE1 and give them the attention and recognition they always deserved or is it too much to ask?

[bapofficial]

we used to joke about jongup being the most unenthusiastic and flakey member of the group but honestly he's the Biggest Baby there is

[skeletoncandies]

Inktober Day 18 - Skydive

[everythingbap]

📲 Jongup BBBLE updates:

어뿌 (Uppu): [photo]

어뿌: honey voice Jung Daehyun!

어뿌: I have fun watching it!

어뿌: Sing a song!

어뿌: Let's meet at live this evening!!

어뿌: I'm having a drink with Daehyun hyung for a after-party!

어뿌: If you guys don't mind, is it okay to do live tomorrow?

어뿌: [photo]

어뿌: I'm sorry! Let's meet tomorrow!

(Translation by mjupbbl_)

[shwnus]

Yongguk’s Birthday Countdown ♡ w/ @zealous-zelo ​

Yongguk + Other Members (5 days*)

[sanstropfremir]

ok!! i'm sure a couple of you were waiting for this, but here it is:

my fave choreos of 2021!

i'm gonna go in reverse order (top faves are last) this time just to mix it up. i don't think this is as long as my stylings posts but also who knows anymore, honestly.

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runners' up

lay - flying asparas

this is only a runner up because it's not technically kpop but make no mistake, this is the best kpop adjacent choreo to come out of 2021. no exceptions. this man is king shit no wonder sm won't let him back in korea, he's too powerful now. watch this performance and CRY.

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area - minho

really late entry from minho, from a rearranged version of area from his fanmeet on dec 21st. it's the most complex or fancy choreography this year but i really enjoy watching it during the fanmeeting, and i love the use of the rolling stool.

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intro: crown - purple kiss

again with the rbw groups killing the intro choreographies. this was for the intro for their DEBUT!!! it's clean, it's sharp, it's interesting, it's got character, and the track itself is fun even if it is a billie eilish knockoff.

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vibin' - youngjae

honestly i wasn't expecting a whole lot out of youngjae as a soloist, mostly because i didn't know what to expect. so therefore i was pleasantly surprised by how much i liked vibin'. it's cute and fun and i love that it has a lot of partner work and a bench. there's also a lot of depth of movement and it's very dynamic for a relative simple choreo (as you can tell by the camera shake).

+

not the end - highlight

another relatively simple choreo that's clean and satisfying to watch and doesn't impede vocal performance. choreos don't always have to be revolutionary to be good. also is that their practice room?? it's fucking gorgeous with that light setup.

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intro: devil is in the detail - oneus

the first entry from oneus, and spoiler alert it's not the last. i love the use of the backup dancers for large multiple leveled formations, like right at the beginning and at 1:03. i also like the combination of really sharp isolated movements and smooth lyrical ones. like the name of the song, the devil really is in the details.

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waiting - woodz

i liked this choreo a lot but i didn't like it more than i liked feel like, so i bumped it down. but we love a good stool choreo in this house and the dance practice is halloween themed, which is cute.

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intro: window - oneus

do i even. have to say anything.

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teardrop - sf9

honestly this is here just for intro, because those tree of life formations are so pretty. it's a bit hard to tell from this choreography video but if you're reading this you've likely already seen a lot of this choreo already, so you know.

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faves

us - moon jongup

there is SO much lateral movement in this choreo i am obsessed with it. and longitudinal. there's just so much movement in general in this choreo that even though it isn't complicated it's still fun to watch. he's not afraid to have his backup dancers be doing things of equal importance to himself as the solo performer and it adds a lot of texture to the performance that sometimes is lacking in solo stages.

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black mirror - oneus

that knee move. that knee move. this choreo really demostrates how versatile oneus is in their style of movements and concept execution. although there are a lot of groups that have a very consistent level of skill, oneus really is a step above that. obvious i love the props use, even if it is a bit of a challenge to use mirrors on stage (they ended up not being real mirrors in the stages because mirrors that big are huge hazards in terms of light direction, and can blind audience members and performers alike, especially when they move).

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ra pam pam - golden child

i'm actually not going to talk about it too much here because addy sent me an ask about this specifically that i'm also in the middle of, but please know that i am deeply in love with this choreography and golden child has had a special place in my flop collection ever since rtk. it is an actual crime that they never put out a proper dance practice for it.

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spider - hoshi

i don't think i really have to justify spider's place on this list. i really wish more idols were willing to use props like this but also i know that he only was able to pull this off because he's got access to hybe money + power and it didn't have a full promotional cycle attached to it. this choreographer is really good and i know team same has choreographed for svt before, but this was such a nice change from the vast majority of choreos this year.

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thank u - yunho

listen, any choreo where yunho gets to sit on a throne of his dancers is a good choreo, and that intro image is SO strong i literally forget everything else that happens in this choreo even though so much of it is good. that point move with the hand in the chorus is so simple but such a great image and also it's a really clear example of letting a specific body part lead your movement. again, great example of how a choreo doesn't have to be crazy complicated or insanely difficult to be good.

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tail - sunmi

i've talked about this choreo a bit in my sunmi posts before but we all knew this was gonna be here. i will always be said that they changed it from her jumping on that dancer's lap but at least we have a record of it. sunmi's choreos are always intricately tied to the themes of her comebacks and tail is no exception. and it's one of only a few choreographies of hers that is sexy sexy on purpose, even if it still is being used as a manipulation tactic. go browse my sunmi tag if you wanna hear me talk more about this.

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feel like - woodz

not a technically difficult choreography by any stretch of the imagination, but it is difficult because there is so much empty space that relies on the charisma of the performer, which you can see really clearly in the follow shot version and also in just. any performance that he does. this choreo is also built for him; it uses a lot of movements that accentuate his very long limbs (he's about 6') and how much space his body takes up. he's physically bigger than most of his backup dancers and even with the male dancers it minimizes them by changing levels constantly or keeping him at the very front of the formations. although a shorter dancer could cover this choreo easily, just the disparity in size would pretty dramatically change how this choreo looks and it would take on a different meaning; which is the mark of a good and well thought out choreography. also any choreo that opens with someone lying on the ground and flipping up like that reminds me of chanyeol's intro from obsession and that's a big plus in my books.

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advice - taemin

y'all knew this was gonna be here. there's a lot to love about this choreo but something i want to point out is that, like i previously mentioned with the feel like choreo: advice is built for taemin's size. he uses the fact that he's a little smaller than the average dude to augment the theme of dualities that runs through advice; so when he's with the female dancers he's larger than them, and when he's with the male dancers he's smaller than them, giving him the illusion of occupying two different spaces of power even though the movements are exactly the same. that's why for youngbin's cover, even though it looks right and it sure as hell was ballsy to do the supreme look, it also doesn't look right because youngbin has a totally different body type and he's got at least 3-4" on taemin, so he's as big/if not bigger than his backup dancers. byeongkwan from a.c.e has also done a cover and he gets much closer to how it feels like it should look because byeongkwan is the same height as taemin, and therefore smaller than the backup dancers. even if this choreo wasn't hard as fuck it would still be extremely difficult to cover just because of that, much like every other taemin choreo ever.

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will make a mistake - blitzers

am i going to lose credibility in some people's eyes because i'm putting a rookie group choreography near the top of my list? probably, but know what's worse? that the industry is so starved for theatricality and character in performances that i immediately latched onto this because it's one of the first times i've actually seen a whole group give 100% to a goofy concept in a while. i've never gotten tired of watching these performances and i watched every single music show stage they did. i love the gimmick of the mouth and they don't overuse it (here's the performance mv so you can see it proper), and they really try to diversify the shapes and numbers within formations. i don't know what else to tell you other than this is what i think 4th gen boy group choreographies should look like.

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luna - oneus

i know a lot of people are gonna compare this to vixx's shangri la and want to cry foul that it's 'just a copy and it will never compare' and i gotta stop you right there. firstly, i am very sure that some things are in fact, referential to shangri la on purpose (the opening pose of shangri la + the ending of luna, for example) and it's done in homage rather than strictly copying, and also: shangri la has an entirely different theme. shangri la is an abstract work, conceptual (literally) on purpose to invoke the actual meaning of the shangri la myth/story, and it uses something closer to 'generic east asian' as it's styling to highlight the orientalism of the whole as an idea and a term. versus luna, which is very very deeply grounded in very real korean folk traditionalism and pansori, especially in the choreo and costuming. there's at least three instances of korean folk dance moves that i could spot right away, and they use the extended sleeves from talchum, and the fabric sheets are the six traditional colours (obangsaek + green). and when it comes it the choreography itself? it takes all the ideas that the shangri la choreo introduced and built them into something bigger and better, and that is exactly what an adaptation on a theme should do. just watch the dance practices side by side and you'll see; a lot of shangri la's elegance is carried solely by hakyeon and despite the fans it's still a fairly typical bg choreo. luna has the fans built in as an integral part of the geometry AND brings in other elements from korean folk dance, so even though there's a more hiphop dance break, the full choreo itself is a hybrid mix of lyrical and traditional and hiphop. i really love this choreography and this comeback and i am so glad it got them their first win.

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that's it! i've spent a loooong time mulling this over and there were a couple that just barely didn't make the list, including a.c.e's higher and bad love, as well as a couple others. but i gotta stop somewhere, sadly. fingers crossed for some good stuff this year!

[xxdmiko]

i have 5 unfinished b.a.p drawings sitting there but you know, that's a problem for another day

[junhong-ah]

still trending (7) ... wtf did you do to us, jongup? it’s just so great to see this fandom alive and happy again and it warms my heart. this mv is giving us everything we need atm and I hope jongup can see how thankful and happy we are. I wish him nothing but the best and I hope we can show him (and the rest of B.A.P) at the concerts how much they mean to us. sorry for being this dramatic, but that’s what I feel rn. my heart is going to explode because of all the love I feel for these guys and babyz. so proud to be a part of this! ♡